ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,271, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Ribbons for use in shingled solar cells" was invented by Mingchong Dai (Yantai, China), Qiang Zhang (Singapore), Nicholas Eli Berry (Beaverton, Ore.), Jianfang Si (Kunshan, China), Hongshuai Xu (Singapore) and Yafu Lin (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A string of solar cells is disclosed. The sides of the solar cells have a corrugated shape which forms an opening when the solar cells are arranged in a shingled manner. The solar cells are electrically connected in series by a ribbon that passes through the opening. A wire mesh used to decrease...